The social distinctions are many: to be asked to wait in the ante-chamber would mean that you were no more than 'trade', while to lounge in the chamber, might mean that you might be asked to stay awhile, and even be given food and drink. To be asked into the drawing room (properly the "withdrawing room") might mean an urgent matter was about to be disclosed, while being allowed into the boudoir would mean that one was a close friend. No one less than a lover would be asked into the Bedroom, while none less than one's priest might be asked into the Closet.

One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.